Minecraft:Jason Major

Template:Infobox person Jason Major is a former member of the Minecraft Redmond studio and a developer for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition.<ref name="pe_rabbits">Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref> He has also written a novel. He has helped program over a dozen AAA video games including NBA Live 98, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Halo 2 along with numerous others. He was born and raised in Canada but currently lives in the Seattle area with his wife and two sons.

Trivia

• Jason contributed major changes to Minecraft:rabbits, which were introduced with the first Bedrock Edition rabbits for Alpha 0.13, and later ported to Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9.<ref name="pe_rabbits" />
• During a game jam, Jason first came up with the Minecraft:stray, among a bunch of other mobs – Minecraft:Jeb "thought these particular ones fitted really well with what we were already planning [for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.10]" <ref>They’re based on a concept that emerged from a game jam the Bellevue team had, where they were just adding a bunch of stuff to Minecraft - whatever they wanted. Jason Major made a bunch of cool mobs and I thought these particular ones fitted really well with what we were already planning. So we added them! – Jens Bergensten, December 16, 2016</ref>
• Root beer is one of his favorite drinks and he usually has some in glass bottles by his desk.
• He occasionally joins the official Minecraft livestreams and he was present on the livestream where the dyeable beds were previewed

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• Jason's current Twitter avatar
  Jason's current Twitter avatar